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Teachers (Unemployment)

Volume 960: debated on Thursday 18 January 1979

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asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will list the number of primary and secondary school teachers unemployed in December 1973, December 1977, and December 1978.

The number of people in England and Wales who were registered with the Department of Employment as unemployed and seeking teaching posts in primary or secondary schools were:

December 1973December 1977December 1978
Primary6814,6064,308
Secondary9935,5845,164
Total1,67410,1909,472